NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets114–122Washington Bullets

Houston Rockets at Washington Bullets

Date: Saturday 22 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 77th meetingof 170 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	—	14–23	0–1	1–2	1	3	3	0	2	2	29
Moses Malone	—	8–21	0–1	6–13	10	0	1	1	2	3	22
Rick Barry	—	8–19	0–2	2–2	7	3	1	1	1	2	18
Robert Reid	—	7–15	0–0	2–2	4	3	7	0	1	6	16
Allen Leavell	—	3–10	0–0	3–4	3	5	0	1	0	1	9
Major Jones	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	5	1	1	1	2	2	6
Tom Henderson	—	2–3	0–0	2–2	2	7	2	0	3	3	6
Mike Dunleavy	—	2–3	0–0	1–1	2	3	2	0	0	1	5
Paul Mokeski	—	1–3	0–0	1–1	2	0	0	1	0	4	3
Team totals	—	48–102	0–4	18–27	36	25	17	5	11	24	114

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	39:00	15–24	0–1	4–4	12	2	0	1	3	5	34
Greg Ballard	38:00	8–21	0–0	1–2	12	6	4	0	2	3	17
Jim Cleamons	35:00	4–6	0–0	5–6	2	7	0	0	3	5	13
Wes Unseld	34:00	3–4	0–0	3–4	8	1	2	1	2	2	9
Kevin Grevey	30:00	2–10	0–0	6–8	7	4	1	0	6	2	10
Larry Wright	18:00	6–11	0–0	4–5	2	7	0	0	1	2	16
Mitch Kupchak	14:00	5–6	0–0	3–5	2	1	0	0	1	1	13
Roger Phegley	13:00	3–7	0–0	0–0	5	1	1	0	1	3	6
Kevin Porter	10:00	0–3	0–0	0–0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0
Dave Corzine	9:00	2–2	0–0	0–0	5	1	0	0	1	3	4
Team totals	240:00	48–94	0–1	26–34	57	32	8	2	21	27	122

This season

Washington Wizards 4, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1979-80.

24 Nov 1979Washington Bullets 105–103 Houston Rockets
22 Dec 1979114–122 this game
18 Jan 1980Washington Bullets 111–134 Houston Rockets
27 Feb 1980Washington Bullets 97–110 Houston Rockets
28 Feb 1980Houston Rockets 99–105 Washington Bullets
14 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 85–92 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 15–18
Washington Bullets: 13–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 84, Houston Rockets 86.

24 Nov 1979Washington Bullets 105–103 Houston Rockets
18 Jan 1980Washington Bullets 111–134 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.